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2025-05-12 23:34:00 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The archaic‘ghost DNA’ he is referring to is a previously unstudied type of Neanderthal found in the West African population. Important to note all humans today evolved from intermixed Neanderthal genes and today worldwide have same biology, with 99.9% same genes. https://www.npr.org/2020/02/12/805237120/ghost-dna-in-west-africans-complicates-story-of-human-origins#:~:text=The%20unusual%20DNA%20found%20in,use%20the%20term%20'ghost.' https://t.co/c9UBvsSXNK https://www.science.org/content/article/genetic-study-reveals-surprising-ancestry-many-americans#:~:text=%22You%20see%20all%20of%20those,%2C%20and%206.2%25%20African%20ancestry.

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• The archaic‘ghost DNA’ he is referring to is a previously unstudied type of Neanderthal found in the West African population. Important to note all humans today evolved from intermixed Neanderthal genes and today worldwide have same biology, with 99.9% same genes. https://www.npr.org/2020/02/12/805237120/ghost-dna-in-west-africans-complicates-story-of-human-origins#:~:text=The%20unusual%20DNA%20found%20in,use%20the%20term%20'ghost.' https://t.co/c9UBvsSXNK https://www.science.org/content/article/genetic-study-reveals-surprising-ancestry-many-americans#:~:text=%22You%20see%20all%20of%20those,%2C%20and%206.2%25%20African%20ancestry.